Typewriting machine



l 1,21 91 March 22,1927' A. G. F. KuRowsKl 6 5 TYPEWRITING MACHINE original'v Filed sept. 27, 1922 2 sheets-snef 1.

March 2 2, 1927. 1,6213591v A. G.' F. KUROWSKI TYPEWRITING MACHINE original Filed sept. 27, 1922 v z sheets-sheet 2 Patented Mar. 22, 1927.

*UNITED-STATES PATENT; OFFICE.

ALEEED e. E. EUEowsEI, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIGNOE yro UNDEEWOOD TYEEWEITEE COMPANY, OE NEW Yank, N. Y., A CORPORATION OE DELAWARE.

TYPEwEI'rING MACHINE.

Original application filed September 27, 1922, Serial No. 590,756. Divided and this application filed- July'V 23, 1925.

The present invention relates to sounddeadening casings for typewriting machines. A casing of this character has an Opening in the front thereof, through which the keyboard extension of the machine may project,

in the upper part thereoffor movement of the typewriter-carriage in letter-feed and return directions; and the upper partof the casing is slotted horizontally andlongitudi nally thereof, for projectiontherethrough,

` and for movement therealong, of the operat ing levers on the typewiitei.-carriage. j

The casing is usually made in two sections,

to wit, a'body-section, provided with` a suitable base-piece, and a cover-section, hinged thereto; the cover beingy opened for placement and removal of the machine. opening in the front ywall of the Vcasing for the keyboard extension may extend to the top of the casing-body; or-may not extend to the top of the casing-body, in which latter event the machine may be inserted into the casing, in tilted position, and the keyboard extension passed forward through the opening in Ithe front wall thereof. The shellsections ofthe casing have been provided with lining-sheets of soundfdeadening material, suoli as felt; and the joints thereof,at the openings or slots, through which project the keyboard andthe operating levers ofthe machine, have been equipped withV cushions or edgings, which close thesame against the emission' of sound `whenthe machine is in Y place; with-out, however, interfering with sion of a base-piece for `the casing, and .for

placement or removal of the machine, or with movement of the carriage and operating levers thereon.

A feature Of the invention is the provi- The' Serial No. 45,548.

When it is desired'toclean lthe casingof the dirt which may have accumulated from erasures and other sources, the pan `is removed and the dirt maybe brushed out` through the openingin thevbase.V

This is a division ofmy application, Serial No. 590,756, filed'September 27, 1922 (now Patent No. 1,570,309, dated Januaryv 19,"

' Other features and advantages will here` inafter appear. 'j

- In the accompanying drawings,

* Figurel` is a. view in side elevation, `v artly Y. in cross-section, showing the assemble rela-V tion of the Abasel-piece and casing with a standard therebetween and the meansffor..-

holding ythem assembled, and showing the opening in the base-piece through which the dirt may be removed.

v,Figure 2 is a view, in cross-sectional side elevation, showing the mounting of the casing on` its base-piece.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the casing,

the coverbeingbroken away to Vshow the interior of the casing-body. j

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the casing-` base-piece; the same being broken away at one corner to show the sound-deadening lining and supporting plate therefor.

The casing is in two principalparts, to.

wit, tbody-portion 10 and a cover 11; the cover being hinged at 12at the rear'thereof to the body-portion. -The rearffront, and

side walls of the casing-body are lined with4 sound-deadening material 13. -The front wallof the casing is cut away, as at 11, so' f that the keyboard extension 15 of the typewriting machine 16 may protrude thercthrough. j Forrsecuring the lining 13 to the sheet'- ing` 10 ofthe casing, th-e latterV has,staked v therein, bosses or bushings 17 which pass through openings in the lining, and which are threaded toreceive screws 18, which pass through retaining strapsr19 laid longitudinally of vtheJ inner face of the` lining, to "hold the straps'to the bushings `17. At its lower edges the sheeting 10 has a reinforcing bead Ilm 20 formed peripherally thereon; and, from of theflining 13 is setupon the flange'21;

` the bead 20, is turned inward toform a hori- A zontal peripheral flange 21. The lower edge reinforcement, serves as a seat for the casins proper Oe its base-pieve At the treat ef the casing-body the lining lf3 terminates with the sheeting at the sid-esV ot the.

opening 141er the keyboard extensipn. Eef low the keybarfd ertenien, the sheeting. 1.0 is continued, from side to side ot the casing,

as a slightly odset strip 10'nl (seehigure The piece 10a is lined with a sound-deadening strip f 23 held thereto by a strap 24, which is secured by screws 18?e to. bushings 17:L staked or riveted in the sheet-nietah The lining-strip 23, like the lining 113, is setupon the peripheral {ia-nge 21 of the casingLbody. The upper edge 'ot the liningo strip 23 is extended, as at' 23a, as a resilient tongue to engageand Vpress aoainst a rod Y26 on the machine when the latter isin place.

chine at its usual elevation on thel drop 8G, such attempt Wouldbe frustratedv by engagement ot the overhangs 31 'of the casing With the upper corners 37 Qt a depression in the top of the desk (not shown), at either side of the drop leaf. In order, to permit the casing tov clear said uppervcorn'ers of the deslr, and, nevertheless, to be supported upon the platform 36 located in a depressionin 5 the top ot the desk, a bolster or standard 38 (see Figure 1) in interposed between the flange 21, 'which forms the lower edge `oli the casing proper, and the casing-base-piecc This standard includes tivo U-shaped sheetlmetal members 40, having their ends set teg'ether at fil, to torni a "rectangular pieta?. lhe tivo members 40 are held to gether by plates 4 3, which overlap the joints 421, and which are riveted. as at to the U-shaped sections. Set Within the channoh bars i0 are strips of sound-deadening lining-material ,held to the bars 40 by straps 16 set uponV bushings L17, staked or riveted into theV membersO, and held to the hushf ings by screws l-S in the same manner as the straps 19 are supported and held-` kThe base-piece 39 comprises an inverted sheet-metal pan 49,- and a sheet oi" soundL vdeadening material set into the same, and

held therein by a Plate 51,.W1;1ih-mey be 'otwoed Therplate 51 andthe sheet 5 0. are held te the nee 49, and the aan @and standard 38 to the flange 21 odi the casing Wapenl by means o l' sc-reivs2, havingtheir heads 53. set intok recesses the vvoqden plate 51, and passing thence upward through the plate 51, sheet 50, pan L19 and channelpieces. 40, finally to thread into the flange 21 of' the cas-ing. Washers 52@ of sumid-` deadening material are set between the screw-heads 5:3 and the Wooden plate 51. The assembled casing, bolster 3S and basepiece 39 are held toA the platform 36, and the machine anchored in the casino, by bolts 55, which have'their heads 56 set in recesses inthe bottom. ot the plat-form, and which pass upwardv through openings 57 in the base-piece 39,l through the bolster 38 and into the casing'proper, Where they thread at 57a into bosses 58 on the main trame ol? the machine. Tvl'her-r the bolster 33 is em" ployed, in use of the casing on a platform in the depression 'ot a desk, the usual short reet ofthe machine are replaced by longer ones 59.,` so that thefeetmay entend down through the top of the pan 49, to rest upon the sonnd-deadening material-5d and thus have the machine at elevationcorresponding With that of'v the casing. For locating the machine Within the casing, the pan 49. has circular, upvvardly-protruding .guards 60 turned out et the same, into which the `feet 59 are placed,

1f the casing is to be used on a desk Without a depression, the bolster 38 is not necessary., and thevcasing-body may be supported directly upon the base-piece 39, as shown inFigurel 2; that is to say, thelange 21 or' the casing proper may be set directly upon the pan 49. The screws 52 will, in this'instance, be shorter than the screws 52 shown in the Figure 1 struct-ure; and the feet 59 of the machine Will be of the ordinary height. The Wooden plate. 510i the hasepiec'e, Eigures 1 and-2, is shown as having pads or feet 61, ot'lfelt or other sound-deadening material, secured thereto, by screwsl 62, to prevent transmission otsound-vilnations from the-case'toits support.

In order that the casing, 'or casing a d standard, may be rcadily'clcancd et dirt,

from erasures and other sources, the basepiece 39 has an Iopening-61` therethrough, which is normally closedbyj a pan-like cover 65, having'` a peripheral flange (36by means of which it is supported on the inverted pan 19 of the base-piece. For easy removal oi the cover 6,5,thesame is provided with a Y handle. 67, p ivoted at 68 to bosses 69 on said cover, so that the handle may normally be set `down in Figure 1 position7 but may be swung up for removal of the cover.

Asv to the bolster-38- for elevating the casing for use of the same on al drop leaf, it will noted that the same is placeable and removable, at Will, between the' casing-body andthe baseepiece 39; on which latter the Inacliinev rests, Whether the standardl be present or-not. In other Words, the bolster need not be constructedV to support the Weight ofthe machine; and, in the absence a base-piece having a hole therethrough forv the removal oi':' dirt, a door for closing the hole, and means whereby the door may be opened from the interior of the casing.

2. A sound-deadening casing i'or a typewriting machine, having a bodyeportion, of sheetunaterial, terminating at its lower edge in a horizontal, peripheral flange, and a basen piece for supporting the body-portion by said flange; the base-piece comprising a sheet-metal plate havingV locators'struclr up out of the face thereof for therfeet of the typewriting machine withinV the casing.

3. A sound-deadening casing for a typewriting machine, having a body-portion, and a base-piece comprising a plate having holes therethrough for centering the feet ot' the machine, a sheet of sound-deadening material under the plate, and a second plate,

secured to the first plate, forV holding the sound-deadening material in place, and for supporting the machine. n

4. A sound-deadening casing for a typewriting machine, having a body-portion, and a base-piece comprising an inverted pan hav` ing openings therethrough for centering the feet of' the machine, a sheet oi sound-deadening material within the pan, and on which the feet of theinachine are adapted to rest,

a plate within the pan below the sound-deadeiiing sheet for hol-ding the latter in VplaceV for supporting the machine, and means for securing such supporting plate to the pan.

5. A sound-deadening casing for typevwriting machine, Vcomprisinga sheet-metal body terminating at itslower edge in a horizontal, peripheral flange, and a base-piece comprising an inverted pan on which the casing-body is supported by said flange, and means for securing the flange to the pan; the pan having holes therethrough for bolts to anchor the machine to a platform, and hav- The channeling feet or pads of sound-deadening mate rial on the under face thereof.

6. The combination withl a typewriting l machine, of a sound-deadening base to support said machine, said base comprising an .inverted pan-shaped metal portion, a sounddeadening pad held to the inside of said metal portion, and means to prevent the metal portion of-said base from touching the table-top upon which said base may rest, said metal portion havingholes therein through which the feet of the machine Ymay extendv to rest upon the sound-deadening pad.`

'7. rI he combination with a typewriting machine, of a sound-deadening base to support said machine, said base comprising a metal top portion, a plate, and a sounddeadening pad held between, said metal top and said plate, said metal top having holes therein through which the feet oi' the machine may extend to rest on the sound-'deadening pad.

8v. rlhe combination wiith a typewriting `machine, of a sounddeadening base to support Vsaidv machine, said base comprising an inverted metal pan,said` pan having holes sol therein through which the feet ofthe machine may entend,l and a felt pad on the inside of said pan to be engaged by the feet.

9. The combination with a typewriting machine, of a sound-deadening baseto support said machine, said base comprisingsaii inverted metal pan, annularfianges pressed up from said pan to form holes into which the'feet of the typewriter may be placed, :i sound-subduing' pad on the inside of said pan for the feet to rest upon, a plate to hold Y the felt pad inplace, and feet of sound-sul:- duing material under said plate.

10. The combination witha typewriting machine, of a sound-deadening cabinet 'for said machine, said cabinet lcomprising a base to support said machine, said base comprising an inverted pan-shaped `metal portion, a soundneadening pad held to the inside of ,said metal portion, means toV prevent the metal portionof the base from touching the table upon Which it may be supported, said ine-tal portion having holes therein through which the'feet of the machine may lextend to rest on the sound-deadening pad, and

means to detachably connect the base to` said cabinet.

ALFRED e. F. KURoWsirLf i 

